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Scheide
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scheide
Dutch
Alternative forms
nl De Schaej dialect form
Etymology
First attested as op de Scheij in 1514. Derived from nl scheide watershed, boundary, hill ridge, itself from the verb nl scheiden to split, separate.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈsxɛi̯.də/
nl Schei de
nl ɛi̯də 2
Proper noun
n
nl hamlet mun/Venray p/Limburg c/Netherlands
References
German
Etymology
de gem-pro 1
From de gmh scheide, from de goh sceida, from de gmw-pro *skaiþiju.
Compare nds scheed, nl schede, en sheath, da skede, nb skjede, is skeið.
The anatomical sense (16th c.) is a de la vagīna 1. The sense “partition” is attested since Old High German, but as it is not found in other Germanic languages, it is sometimes considered a later deverbal derivation from the related verb de scheiden.
Pronunciation
de /ˈʃaɪ̯də/ Germany
de De-Scheide.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de /ˈʃaɪ̯dɛ/ [ʃaɛ̯-] [-d̥ɛ] Austria,South German,Switzerland
de Schei de
Noun
f
sheath, scabbard
de anatomy vagina
de now chiefly in compounds partition, border, limit
Declension
f
Derived terms
de Blattscheide Scheidenentzündung Scheidenpilz Schwertscheide Wasserscheide Wegscheide Scheidenkrampf Scheidenmuschel Scheidenpessar Scheidenvorfall Scheidenöffnung Degenscheide Grenzscheide Markscheide Sehnenscheide Sprachscheide Säbelscheide Völkerscheide Scheidenausfluss Scheidenvorhof Scheidenflora Scheidendusche Scheidenflüssigkeit Scheidenhaut Scheidenspülung Scheidenvorfall Wetterscheide
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